''Cecil C. Addle'', later known as ''Cecil & Dipstick'', was a comic strip drawn by Ray Collins that appeared in the ''

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'' from 1975 to 1979. The main character, Cecil, was apparently a retired or unemployed person who spent his days on the beach near

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, talking with his friend, a duck named "Dipstick". The characters in the comic often discussed political and environmental issues. After Collins moved to

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, he drew the comic for a local weekly paper until 1997.

Publications

* Ray Collins. ''Dipstick & friends: With quotes from her royal guver-nuss''. Working Press (1977). * Ray Collins. ''Everything's great in '78: Further adventures of Cecil C. Addle and Dipstick''. Madrona Publishers (1978). 1975 comics debuts Addle, Cecil C. American comic strips Addle, Cecil C. Addle Cecil C. Comics about animals Gag-a-day comics 1979 comics endings Seattle in fiction {{comic-strip-stub